Organ stop operating mechanism



I Feb. 28, 1933. a G, Ausm 1,899,381

ORGAN STOP OPERATING MECHANISM Filed April 9, 1932 Hedal [V04 Pedal N0. 5

Manual No.12

Pedal [Va J Pedal No.4

Basil liAustin Patented Feb. 28, 1933 BASIL G. AUSTIN, OF WEST HARTFORD, CCNNECTZCUT,

PATENT ASSI NOR TO THE AUSTIN ORGAN COMPANY, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT ORGAN STOP OPERATING MECHANISM Application filed April 9, 1932.

The present invention relates to organs, and especially to organ stop operating mecha nism.

Organs usually comprise two or more separate or sub-or ans connected together, such as the swell, the choir, the great, and the pedal organs. E ch of these separate or suborgans is provide with its own pistons which will operate their own respective slides or stops. However, it is desirable sometimes to pull the stops of two sub-organs by operating a piston of only one of the sub-organs. This is particularly true of the pedal organ, as that is more or less supplemental to the other sub-organs It is old to have pistons of a manual organ each of which, upon operation, will also actuate its corresponding piston on the pedal organ, but heretofore the respective manual pistons have been fixedly connected to their corresponding pedal pistons. For instance, N0. 1 piston of a manual organ is fixedly connected to No. 1 piston on the pedal organ, No. 2 manual piston is fixedly connected to N 0. 2 pedal piston, and so on, or in some fixed sequence.

It is evident that in such an arrangement the desired flexibility is not afforded since one organist may wish to operate No. t piston on the pedal organ when he pushes No. 1 piston on a manual organ, whileanother organist wishing to play on the pedal organ a stop of greater or smaller value will want to operate a different piston on the pedal organ. It is clear, however, that with such arrangements as above described, this is impossible.

There is a difference of opinion among organists, some wanting the above mentioned manual pistons to operate also the pedal stops, while other organists desire to have the pedal organ left alone when using manual pistons.

The main object of this invent-ion is to provide an organ stop operating mechanism by which each of a number of pistons of the manual organ may be selectively associated with any one of a number of pistons of the pedal organ, whereby each manual piston, When operated, will also operate the selected pedal piston, but, nevertheless, the mechanism permits the manual pistons and their stops to Serial No. 604,256.

be operated independently of the pistons and stops on the pedal organ and the latter may be operat d independently of the pistons and stops on the manual organ.

Other objects Will be in part obvious, and in part pointed out more in detail hereinafter. accordingly consists in the lC'tlOIr, combination of ele- "angoment of parts which will the construction hereinafter scope of the application of which will be indicated in the appended claims. I

.ln the accompanying drawing, wherein is shown one of the many embodiments which the present invention may take,

Fig. l is a diagrammatic or schematic view my improved organ stop operating mechamsm:

Fig. 2 is a front view of the switch of my improved organ stop operating mechanism; and

H ig. 3 is a view showing a detail of my im proved organ stop operatar mechanism.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, A designates, generally, a manual piston, B desi nates, generally, a switch member and C and D designate, generally, pedal pistons of the organ stop operating mechanism.

he manual piston. A comprises a piston rod 10 supported for reciprocation by an element X which may be a part of the frame of the organ. The piston rod 10 extends through and beyond each of the element X, and is provided on its outer end with a button 11 having on its inner face a pad 11a of insulating material and the inner end of the rod 10 carries a connector 11% which may be in the form of a metal bar or tube. A spring 13, having one end secured to the element X and the other end secured to the piston rod 10, is adapted to normally urge the piston rod to its outermost positi as shown in Fig. 1. Mounted upon the ement X of the organ frame and disposed in the path of travel of the connector 152a are a plurality of contact fingers l4, l5, and 16.

The switch member 13 comprises aface plate 17 which is secured to the outer face of the element X by any suitable fastening means, such as the screws 17a. The face plate 17 is provided with a substantially centrally located opening through which the.

piston rod works. A metal sleeve 18 is rigidly mounted in the opening in the face plate 17 and encircles a portion of the piston rod 10. lnterposed between the piston rod and the metal sleeve 18 is a sleeve 18a which may, if desired, be formed of a material I is not necessarily a non-conductor of electricity. Mounted upon the collar 19 is a contact finger 20 which is at all times in contact with the sleeve 18 and is adapted to be rotated by means or" the collar 19. Studs 28, 44, and 56 are carried by and circumferentially spaced around the face plate 17 beyond each side of which they extend and the contact finger 20 is adapted to selectively engage the studs. 7

"Wires 21, 22, and 23 are connected to the contact fingers 14, 15, and 16, respectively. The other end of the wire 21 is secured to the sleeve 18, the free end of the wire 22 is connected to a wire 24 which leads to a battery 25, while the other end of the wire 23 leads to a solenoid 26. A Wire 2? is connected to the stud 28, and at its opposite end with a wire 29 which leads to a solenoid 30. The solenoid 30 is connected by means oi": a wire 31 to the battery 25, while the solenoid 26 is connected by'means or" wires 32 and 31 to the battery 25.

A trace 33, provided with the usual actuators, one of which is shown at 34, is associated with the manual piston A and is disposed with one'of its ends adjacent the solenoid 26. Mounted upon the trace 33 on the end thereoi adjacent the solenoid 26 is an armature 36.

The pedal piston O is provided with a fixed contact 41 carried by an element 43 which may be a part of the organ frame. A movable contact 42 is pivotally carried by the element 43 and is adapted to be brought into engagement with the fixed contact 41 by means of toot-receiving portion 46 on the contact 42.

A similar trace 3?, provided with the usual actuators 38, is associated wit-h. the pedal piston C and is disposed with one of its ends adjacent the solenoid 30. An armature 40 is mounted on the end of the trace 37 adjacent the solenoid 30. 1

While my improved organ stop operating mechanism is illustrated as being associated with the manual trace N0. 12 and the pedal traces Nos. 3 and 4, it is to be understood that one of my improved devices may be associated with each trace of the manual or- I gans and that each switch member B has means for selectively connecting it to each desired trace of the pedal organ. For this purpose, the'stud 44 of the switch member B is connected with a wire 45 which is connected to a wire 47 leadingto a solenoid 48. A wire 49 is connected to one side of the solenoid 48 and has its free end connected to the wire 31 leading to the battery 25. trace 50 is provided, having an armature 51 disposed adjacent the solenoid 48. The free end'of the wire 47 is connected to a pivoted contact 52 having 'footreceiving portion 53. A fixed contact 54 is connected to the battery 25 by means of a wire 55 which is connected to the contact 54 and wire 24 leading to the battery 25. The studs 56 of the switch member B are connected to wires 5'? which may be connected to solenoids, not shown, similar to the solenoids 30 and 48 for drawing pedaltraces, not shown, similar to traces 33 and 37.. 7

In the operation of the device, assuming that it is desired to operate the manual trace only, the contact finger 20 of the switch member 13 will be set in neutral position, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. Thebuttonll will then be depressed, bringing the connector 12a into contact with the contact fingers 14, 15, and 16. In this case, the path of the current will be as follows: battery 25, wire 24, wire 22, contact finger 15, connector 12a, contact finger 16, wire 23, solenoid 26, wire 32, and wire 31, back to the bat ery 25. In this instance, the solenoid 26 alone will be energized and the armature 36 will be attracted by its solenoid 26,whereby the trace 33 will be drawn and the actuators 34 will operatethe usual rollers (not shown) in the customary manner, which rollers will operate the desired slides or stops associated with this particular trace.

lVhen it is desired to operate a trace on the pedal organ also, for example, trace No. 4, the collar 19 or'. the switch 13 will be rotated until the contact finger 20 engages the stud 28 connected with the solenoid 30. Then the button 11 is depressed as before, and the circuit for the solenoid 26 will be the same as that set forth above. However, the circuit to the solenoid 30 will also be closed, and the path of the current for this circuit will be'as follows: battery 25, wire 24, wire 22, finger 15, connector 12a, finger 14, wire 21, sleeve 18, finger 20, stud 28, wire 27, wire 29, solenoid 30, and wire 31, to battery 25. In this latter case, both solenoids 26 and 30 will be energized to attract the armatures 36 and 40 and draw the traces 33 and 37.

To pull trace No. 3 of the pedal organ togetherwith trace No. 12 of the manual organ, the finger 20 is brought into engagement with stud 44 inwhich event the course of the current will be the same as above, except that the current will flow from finger 20 to stud 44, wire 45, wire 47, solenoid 48, wire 49, wire 31, back to the battery 25. In this case, solenoid 48 will be energized and pedal trace No. 3 pulled with manual trace No. 12. If it is desired to draw the pedal trace alone, for instance trace No. 4, the button 11 will not be depressed, but the organist will merely place his footupon the member 46 to bring the contact 42 into engagement with the contact -11, thus closing the circuit from the battery 25, wire 24, contacts 41 and 42, and wire 29, to solenoid 30, and from the solenoid 30 to the battery 25 by way of wire 31.

Regardless of the position of the contact finger 20, whenever the piston button 11 is depressed, the manual trace 33 will be pulled. Thus, the piston A will always operate as a usual manual piston and then by selection of the switch may operate any other one of a series of pistons controlling another organ, such as the pedal.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and many apparently widely diflerent embodiments of this invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

It is also to be understood that the language used in the following claims is intended to cover all of the generic and specific features of the invention herein described and all statements of the scope of the invention which, as a matter of language, might be said to fall therebetween.

I claim as my invention:

1. Organ stop operating mechanism comprising a trace for pulling the stops of one organ, a manipulative device adapted to be operated to eli'ect operation of said trace, traces for pulling the stops of another organ, and means for selectively associating said manipulative device with said traces.

2. Organ stop operating mechanism comprising a trace for pulling the stops of one organ, traces for pulling the stops of another organ, and means for drawing the trace of the first organ and simultaneously and se lectively drawing the traces of the second organ.

3. Organ stop operating mechanism comprising a trace for pulling the stops of one organ, traces for pulling the stops of another organ, and means for drawing the trace of the first organ and simultaneously and se lectively drawing the traces of the second organ, said means providing for the independent selective drawing of all of said traces.

4:. Organ stop operating mechanism comprising a stop pulling mechanism for one organ, a plurality of stop pulling mechanisms for another organ, and means for actuating the stop pulling mechanism of the first organ and simultaneously selectively actuating the stop pulling mechanisms of the second organ.

5. Organ stop operating mechanism comprising aplurality of stop pulling mechanisms for a manual organ, a plurality of stop pulling mechanisms for a pedal organ, and aplurality of means one associated with each of said manual stop pulling mechanisms for actuating their respective manual stop pulling mechanisms and simultaneously selectively actuating the pedal stop pulling mechanisms.

6. Organ stop operating mechanism comprising a stop pulling mechanism for a manual organ, a plurality of stop pulling mechanisms for a pedal. organ, a source of current, a solenoid associated with each of said stop pulling mechanisms, a piston rod, a connector onsaid piston rod and adapted to move therewith, a finger connected to said. source of current, a second finger connected to the solenoid for the manual stop pulling mechanism, a multi-point switch including a movable member adapted to selectively engage the points of the switch, a third finger connected to said movable member, all of said fingers being disposed in the path of travel of said connector and adapted at times to be bridged thereby, and separate connections between the points of said switch and the solenoids for the pedal stop pulling mechanisms.

7. Organ stop operating mechanism comprising a stop pulling mechanism for a manual organ, a plurality of stop pulling mechanisms for a pedal organ, a source of current, a solenoid associated with each of said stop pulling mechanisms, a piston rod, a connector on said piston rod and adapted to move therewith, a finger connected to said source of current, a second finger connected to the solenoid for the manual stop pulling mechanism, a multi-point switch including a fixed member and a movable member, a sleeve rigidly carried by said fixed member and engaging said movable member, a collar rotatably supported by said sleeve and adapted to rotate said movable member, a third finger connected to said sleeve, all of said fingers being disposed in the path of travel of said connector and adapted at times to be bridged thereby, and separate connections between the points of said switch and the solenoids for the pedal stop pulling mechanisms.

8. Organ stop operating mechanism comprising a stop pulling mechanism for a manual organ, a plurality of stop pulling mechanisms for a pedal organ, means for actuating the stop pulling mechanism of the manual organ and simultaneously selectively actuating the stop p'ulling mechanisms of the pedal organ, and means for independently actuating the stop pulling mechanisms of the pedal organ.

9. Organ stop operating mechanism comprising a trace for pulling the stops of a manual organ, a plurality of traces for pulling the stops of a pedal organ, a solenoid associated with each of said traces, a source of current, a piston adapted to connect said source ofcurrent and the solenoid for'the manual trace, and a switch associated with said piston and adapted to selectively connect said source of current and the solenoids for the pedal traces. V

10. Organ stop operating mechanism comprising a trace for pulling the stops of a manual organ, a plurality of traces for pull ingthe stops of a pedal organ, a solenoid associated with each of said traces, a source of current, a switch adapted to selectively connect said source of current and the solenoids for the pedal traces, and a piston associated with said switch and adapted to connect the source of current andthe solenoid for the manual trace and also adapted to connect the source of current and the switch.

11. Organ stop operating mechanism comprising atrace for pulling the stops oi one organ, a manipulative device adapted when actuated to eitect operation of said trace traces for pulling the stops of another organ and each having its individual manipulative device, and means for selectively associating said first mentiond manipulatlve device with said traces of the second organ.

BASIL o. AUSTIN. 

